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California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Underrated comment.

What I want to know is what about Haiku? BSD? AROS?

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Apparently, if they're distributed under GPL, MIT, BSD, or Apache license, they're exempt

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 3 points 3 days ago

Good to hear though time will tell.